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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Collection Inventory

The Benson Latin American Collection

Robert Steinfeldt Photograph Collection



Descriptive Summary

CreatorSteinfeldt, Robert
TitleRobert Steinfeldt Photograph Collection
Dates: 1921-1922
Abstract87 photographic prints, most relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras.
Accession No.1988-19
OCLC Record No.N/A
Extent87 photographic prints
LanguageEnglish
RepositoryBenson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Sketch

Robert Steinfeldt studied civil engineering at Texas A&M University and was in the Navy during World War I. He worked for United Fruit Co. in Honduras where he built railroads. In the 1920s he left Honduras for Los Angeles, California, where he worked for the city and county.

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Scope and Contents Note

83 black-and-white photographic prints by Robert Steinfeldt relating to railroad construction and banana plantations in Honduras, 1921-1922. A second group of 4 prints are possibly of Mexico in the early 1900s.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Unrestricted.

Use Restrictions

Standard copyright restrictions apply.

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Index Terms

The Robert Steinfeldt Photograph Collection is classified under the following Subject Headings:
United Fruit Company--History--Photographs
Banana trade--Honduras--History--Photographs
Document Types
Photographs

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Robert Steinfeldt Photograph Collection, Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin.

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Box and Folder Inventory

 

Collection Inventory

No additional description of this collection is currently available. Please visit the Benson Latin American Collection rare books and manuscripts reading room for more information or to view the photographs.

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